Machine for setting type



H. HARGER. TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

1 0. 28,857. T Patented June26, 1860.

Witnesses: v Inven' tor:

UNITED rArEs ri-2N1 Fries.

HENRY HARGER, OF DELHI, IOWA.

MACHINE FOR SETTING TYPE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. $8,857, dated n no 26, 1860.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, HENRY l lARGER,of Delhi, in the county of Delaware and State of Iowa, have invented anew and Improved 'lype-Setting Machine; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the samc,rcferencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan or top view of my ma chine. tion of the same, taken in the line y 3],Fig. I. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section. of the same, taken in the line 00 a, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corrc spending parts in the several figures. I

. This invention consists of an arrangement. of machinery in connection with the type-- case by which the type are fed'to the composing-stick, and of an arrangement of levers and fingers in connection with the composingstick,by means of which the type may be readily taken from-the case and set in line.

'To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my machine,I will proceed to describeit.

- A is a frame made in any suitable manner to support the working parts of the device.

A is the front part.

'B is-a type-case. It'is divided into compartments b b by strips of brass plate or other.

suitable material. These compartments must correspond in number with the characters that are to be set'by the machine. They may be of any required lengtl1.. Their depth is about two-thirds of the length of the type or sufficicnt to keep the type in an upright po- -ments is afollower C, for the purpose of feeding-up the type to the front end of the compartment as they are needed. This. is an upright or slightly-inclined piece of metal of such a width as to move easily along the compartment. It has a horizontal arm O',which slides on the'bottom of the compartment, with teeth so arranged as toallow it to move easily Fig. 2 is a "vertical longitudinal socat 70 composing-stick far enough to reach the rods D I) under the compartments of the type-- toward the front part ofthe machineybnt to prevent itsubcing moved inthc opposite .di-

rcction by the action of the machiner', as

shown in Fig. 2. The follower O has also, an arm 0 with ratchet-teeth, as shown in Fig. 2. These teeth correspond in width with the lettor that is to be placed in the compartment.

Thereis a rod l), Figs 2 and 3, under each compartment, which works back and forth lengthwisev of r the compartment.

There is a pawl E in each compartment turningon a pivot at e. Its lower end is attached to they rod D by a hinge-joint, and its upper end works in the ratchet-teeth of the arm 0.

F is a spring, whichtends to throw the rod 1) toward the frontend of the machine.

Each compartment has a'fihger Gat the front end for the purpose of steadying the type until pushed by it by the-follower U. 1 It is made by cutting a strip of metalin the side of the compartment, so that its front end may be bent slightly into the compartment,

while its hinder end remains attached to the I material parallel to each otherat'such a distance apart as to hold One line of type as The piece 72, i which forms the front end, extends below the they are set up for printing.

composing-stick and rests on the front part .dle by which the composing-stick is operated.

It has two arms K K, one on each side of the composing-stick. It has avertical motion on p the pivot/k, Fig. 2. v

L is a bent lever, turning on a pivot at '1 Its horizontal arm is attached to the lever K The upper end passes up through the case. There is a shoulder 1 Fig. 2, which projects over the bottom T of the composingstiek far enough to keep the type from falling through the stick when the lever L is forced back by the rod M.- The. rod M is attached to the bent lever L byhinge-jointsr f N is a spring which tends to raise the lover K.

2 sass? top, which-keeps'it in an upright position, as

shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. By means'of this followers and the fingers P P the type are held in their place after they arereceived into the composing-stick.

T is a' movable bottom to the composin stick, by means of which the type may be dis? charged when the composing-stick is full.

V V are guides for the composing stick. They are set in thefront part of the frame A and correspond in number and position with the compartments in the type-case B. They'a-re so arranged that when the lever K is forced down between any two of them the upperend of the bent lever L-will pressagainst the end of the rod D .under the compartment that corresponds with the space in which the lever K is forced, and the composing-stick is in the exact position to receive the type from .the case.

Mode of operation: When the type are properly arranged in the case, the com posin gstick is swung under the required comparement. The lever K is then pressed down between two of the guides V V. As the lever K descends, the upper arm of the bent lever L is forced against the rod D, which actuates the pawLE, carrying the upper end of E toward the composing-stick. This end, catching in the ratchet-teeth of the arm 0 of the follower C, carries it and with it the type in the compartmentresting against it toward the that is wanted, and soon.

openingin the front end of 'the compartment. The type at the end of the compartment, being thus carried beyond the finger G, falls through the opening inthe front end of the compartment into the composing-stick I'I'between the upper arm of the bent lever L and the ends of the fingers P I. When the lever K is raised, the upper arm of L drives the type between the two fingers P P, the follower S is pushed back by the pressure on the type, and the type is then-held between the fingers P P and the follower S. At the same time the spring F forces the rod D back and the pawl E catches another tooth in the ratchet of the arm 0 of the follower C. The composing-stick is then swung under the next letter When the stick is full-,the bottom is opened and the line drops through. into the column, which is to be on a table directly underneath it. The followers S and'O are to be moved back, by hand whenever necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as'new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'1. The follower C, with the arm-c, in connection with the pawl E and rod D, or their equivalents, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The finger G or its equivalent, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The composing-stick H, in connection with the lever K, bent lever L, connectingrod hf spring N, follower S, fingers P P, and bar I, substantially as described.

4. The guides V V or their equivalents,

substantially as described, and for the pur pose set forth. HENRY HARGER.-

Witnesses:

-. CHARLES HARGER,

WM. M. HARTSHORN. 

